Imagine you will completely lose your memory of 2010 in five minutes. Set an alarm for five minutes and capture the things you most want to remember about 2010.
This one stumped me. I looked at what other people wrote (I googled "Reverb10" and "5 minutes") and people listed travels, new homes, babies born, major milestones.
2010 was not full of major milestones for us, but lots of everyday moments. The kind that actually DO slip away in our memories. I think I would remember if I traveled to Europe or bought a vacation home at the beach, but I won't remember sharing pizza at the pool with neighbors or taking walks around the block with Shout.
So what I would grab, in less than 5 minutes, is my camera. This year, I tried to capture the everyday in pictures. I'm not as good about this as I'd like to be, but I started keeping my camera in the dining room. Close to the heart of the action in our house and where it reminds me to memorialize those little moments. Of kids doing homework, or shucking corn, or building a fort out of the couch cushions AGAIN. A plate of cookies. A pie. A hot cup of coffee.
These are the moments that slip away.
This post is Day 15 of Reverb10, 31 days of reflecting on the year that's past and sending out reverberations for the year ahead.)
Honestly, those moments are the biggest, I think. Sure a trip to Europe is cool and will be remembered, but it is those little moments that make up how your kids (and you) will remember these years and how they will feel about growing up. I think you did an excellent job answering this question.
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